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Breakdown Printing - New Dimensions for Texture and Colour 
Details From the Preface - Both of us love 'wet work'; the act of using dyes, discharge media, textile paints and metal leaf to create cloth that is multi-layered and rich in depth.The possibilities seem never-ending and the more we explore, the more exciting the journey becomes. We would exhort you to be willing to have a go, play and practice just for the sake of finding out what can happen. At the same time, you'll be producing cloth that's based on your experiments and samples, your subsequent observations, your modifications, your choices - truly your own, personal cloth. How you then use that cloth is up to you. Leslie is a quilt maker who loves to piece in a free, improvisational and spontaneous way. She cuts up her cloth and sews it back together again with new room-mates, or in different configurations. Claire tends to work with whole cloth. If the piece works as 'art cloth' or 'complex cloth' it's left to be art in it's own right, free-hanging or sometimes stretched or mounted on to canvas. Other pieces may be stitched, quilted, used for soft furnishing items such as cushions and throws, or used as yardage for dothing.The use of cloth is almost unlimited. In our experience, people fear the (silk) screen.This is perhaps due to its history and use in precise registration printing. But it doesn't have to be like that. Using a screen can be a free and spontaneous affair and this book aims to introduce you to one of the many approaches it has to offer. Simply put,'breakdown' printing involves applying thick dye paints or print paste directly on to the back of the screen.This is left to dry and then printed off with more dye paint or print paste, or a combination thereof.This print'media' (the dye) is gradually dissolving the dried-on dye on the screen - it's breaking down and printing an ever-changing array of colours, marks, textures and distressed, organic and disintegrating effects. This is not a process for those who are oriented to the precise! Whilst, with practice, the process is controllable, one of its joys is never quite knowing how quickly things will happen and how - exactly - the imagery and textures may change. So, we encourage you to give it a go and embark on your own journey. Soft cover, 33 pages. Price: $38.50 ($35.00)
Contents:
The Work Area
Resources
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